H&Z Acupuncture - Advanced Acupuncture Clinic in Alexandria Virginia

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H&Z Acupuncture - Advanced Acupuncture Clinic

Xiaowen He, Licensed Acupuncturist (L. Ac.) is certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) in the United States, and licensed by the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners in Georgia and by the State of Virginia.

He studied western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, including acupuncture, in China. He graduated from Xian Jiaotong University School of Medicine and had his postgraduate training at Shanghai Institute of Brain Science, China Academy of Science in China.

Dr. He obtained M.D. degree in Wurzburg University School of Medicine in Germany, and completed his postdoctoral study at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. He was a faculty member at Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science in Beijing, China, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee and at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Wanyun Zhong, Licensed Acupuncturist (L. Ac.) is certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) in the United States, and licensed by the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners in Georgia and by the State of Tennessee and Virginia.

She studied western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine including acupuncture in China. She graduated from Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine in China and completed her postgraduate study at the Neuroscience Institute in the same medical school. In the study, she investigated the mechanisms of acupuncture induced anesthesia.

Dr. Zhong was an attending neurologist in Department of Neurology and the person in charge of the Electromyography Laboratory at China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China. She was further trained in neurology, immunology and molecular biology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota and was involved in the study of neuroscience and gene therapy at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.

Acupuncture Does a Body Good

I was in a lot of pain and could barely stand on one leg when a woman in my gym recommended acupuncture with Dr. He. I was desperate and would try anything. I had done acupuncture years before for minor injuries but not with dedication. Maybe the results werent fast enough. For my first appointment with Dr. He I had a list of all the activities I did during the week; at nearly 52 years old I felt rather accomplished with my lifelong physical fitness regime. When I told him I could barely stand on one leg, he stared blankly ...
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April 12, 2013

My Acupuncture Experience

At age 19 an orthopedic specialist diagnosed me with degenerative disks in my lower back. He told me that my condition was irreparable and would worsen over time. He said to me, “I have never seen so much degeneration in the spine of a 19 year old.” When I was in pain, I went to see him and he treated me with steroids. Even with the medications I was always in pain. By age 27 the steroids no longer helped my pain at all and he told me the next step for treatment was to get epidural injections in my ...
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April 12, 2013